SKINNER, STEWART - The Adulator

Materiality thrown in the face of misanthropy. An empty bar somewhere. Tables with no one around them. Vitrine is proud to announce the first label-affiliated release from Texas-based artist Stewart Skinner. Fidelity confusion, dullness and inept string work wander across two cassette sides and forty minutes of bleak malfunction. Radio decays in a cloud as dense as the musk in an unfurnished bedroom. A blanket is rolled into the corner. Touchstones can be found in the sub-basement of Italian non-music, a space occupied by such singular projects as Lyoto Music and Amok. -¢‚ǨÀúThe Adulator also harkens back to a homemade American sound which covers everything from the invasive electronics of early John Duncan to the exercises in collapse of Hands To circa Turn Back the Sun. This is the whirl of interference jammed around the erase head. Silence does not connote track breaks or continuity. Concern for nothing but sound in its vulgar sight. Stewart Skinner has been a pivotal figure in supporting and shaping the Vitrine aesthetic almost from its nascent beginning and it is with great pleasure that the label unveils such a mature and singular work. Limited to 100 copies. - Vitrine.